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WEATHER Fair today and Wednes day; light variable winds. The New A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. IV. NO 17 STATE EDITION. GEEENSUOEO, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1908 STATE EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS YORK HERALD GIVES ELECTION TO JUDGE TftFT Carefully Prepared Forecast Gives the Republican Candidate 280 Electoral Votes. HOUSE, TOO, WILL BE STRONGLY REPUBLICAN Bryan Only Sure of 156 Votes, and Even if He Carries all the States About Which There is doubt, He Still Will be Far From Victory. The following election forecast is re printed from the New York Herald of Sunday: .As this, the first forecast number for 1008 of the Herald, goes to press there appears to be in progress an expansion of the Republican vote.'-' From all sur face indications this lias been in progress for several weeks. At first it was al most impossible to detect it. The situa tion was much beclouded in nearly every slate in the middle west and in Ohio and New York, but there have been ap parently steady and rapid gains by the Republican candidates, and the chances now seem to favor the election of Tuft and Sherman. - ; ' Without making any positive predic tion and basing it eonclusition on the reports of correspondents connected witli it and three great western papers with which 'it' has collaborated, the Herald shows that William II. Taft is reason ably sure of 2S0 votes in the electoral college, thirty-eight more than he needs for election. The reports of the trusted correspond puts on which this estimate is leased Jin ve been carefully-' .checked by other re ports from independ.'n IIHH H Ill r.uwi.v. - I. lb-van is qui'.e certain to illiam .1. I.rviin is (i receive 15(1 electoral votes, twenty-on-votes are doubtful, with a Democratic ten fency.. while twenty-six are doubtful and more. -than likely to go to t he Re- (Continued n l'flge Five.) MANOPACTURINGOMPANY -BEING ORGA N I ZED H ERE BY LOG AL CAPITALISTS The Wright Easy Hinge Company Will Erect Plant and Manu facture Safety Window-Shutter Device on Extensive Scale. Within the past month several new corporations, most of them of a manu facturing character have been projected in this city. It is also known that oth ers are being formed, or, at least, that the preliminary steps have been taken in this direction. Among those now in course of formation is a company, or ganized by H. D. Blake, for the purpose of electing and '.operating a plant for the manufacture of fertilizers. '' Another, to be known as the Wright Easy Hinge Co., of ; which John B. Wright, of this city, is the active head, is now being formed. The capital will be $30,000, and the company mill manu facture a safety window shutter hingo and safety catch after a device on which letters patent have been granted to Mr. Wright. This device was on exhibition hero during Centennial week, and many inquiries are said to have been made regarding the timo when it would be placed on the market. The plans of the company include the manufacture of the device in this city. At first, a plant will be rented and this, It is expected, is soon to be in' opera tion, but within a short time it is the intention of the company to erect its own plant and to provide for a capacity qul to fifteen or twenty thousand sets a day. The claim is made for the Wright hinge that it is operated with out any effort, and is practically burglar "proof. It ie also said that very little trouble was encountered in obtaining the money necessary to the capitalization of the company. . " : ; J. P. REDWINE KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE GETTING OUT OF WAY OF ONE TRAIN MAN IS KILLED 'BY ANOTHER. .'.'.' . Salisbury, N. C, Oot. 26. Sforuck by northbound passenger train No. 44 here early this morning, J. P. Redwine, aged - fifty-seven years, of Salisbury, was in Untly killed while en route . to his - . work with dinner pail on his arm. In attempting t evade one train he stepped in front of a fast passenger and was instantly killed. His skull was Iractured and arm broken. He was well known bert and leave widow and , bur grown children. ' v- AFTER ELECTION BUSINESS SURE TD MAKE GAINS So Declares E. P. Wharton. Prom inently Identified With Finan cial Aifairs. RESTORED CONFIDENCE THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR Lumber Advanced in Demand and Price, j New York Banks That Closed Down, Year Ago Now Open and Paying De positors in Full. "A year ago last week the monetary troubles began in New York and spread over the entire country. A number of the banks in that city closed their doors and the effect was instantaneous. These institutions have, now been reopened and nro in a position to pay their de positors in full; This fact has had, and will continue to have, a helpful influence 011 business, since it proves the return of confidence and the general stability of our ...financial institutions. HusinesK ih undoubtedly showing an improvement and t firmly believe that a still greater degree oj improvement will be shown and folrtinmcdiatcly after the elections next week." In these words E. P, .Wharton,' presi dent of the American Exchange I'.ank, of this city, responded to a request 'from the News for an expression of opinion regarding the general financial a ml com mercial situation, continuing in this way : - 'One of the most, hopeful signs noted recently is the larger demand lor hau lier and the consequent gain in selling value. As n rule, prices on a leading commodity do not advance when gen eral 'conditions ore unfavorable, and the increase in price for lumber. $:..)(l a thousand in some instances, shows in what direction the tradu winds are blowing, Tlio larger d-mand of itself (Continued on rn'jro Five.) Last night's dispatches contain the I announcement of a charter granted .to the Carolina slot typewriter Company, with J. T. J. Battle," Al Fairbrother and C. E. Holton as incorporators and a eap- I ital of $120,000. The plans of the com pany are not Known, nut. it is pussiyic that manufacturing operations may be carried on in Greensboro. Loeb Refers Gompers to Alger. Washington, D. C, Oct. 2(1. When shown the reply to Mr. Gompers, Secre tary Loeb authorized the following state ment; "Mr. Gompers quotes from the Presi dent's correspondence with him about George W. Alger's book, 'Moral Over strain.' The President has distributed copies of that book to judges, labor leaders and others, and he now honestly wishes that Mr. (iompers would read this same Mr. Alger's admirable magazine article on "Taft and Labor," ' printed last month. It is the most effective ex posure of Mr. Gompers' position that has been produced and ever since its appear ance the President has been in close touch with Mr. Alger on this whole in junction matter." W. J. Sherrod Buys Lash Property. ' W. J. Shtrrod has purchased from fie executors of the W. A. Lash estate the property at the corner of North Elm and BeUemende streets, the consideration being $12,000. This purchase was made yesterday and the house will be occupied as a residence by the buyer. FEARSOFNeHTRIDERS ON ACCOUNT OF THREATS OF BURN- ! TNG GINS, INSURANCE COMPA NIES CANCEL POLICIES. Wilson, N. C, Oct. 20. Soqpllcd night riders have made their appearance 'in this county, due, presumably, to. low cotton prices. f .'",'-.' -l .-','; Proprietors of a new cotton gin at Stantonsburg, near ; here, have lieen warned to close down or their gin would be burned, and insurance companies have instructed its policies, to be can celed. - ,- - Hffrold H.. Muray, formerly of this eity. but' more recently of Rio de Jane iro,. rBazil, arrived in New A ork yester day .nd is expected here shortly. ' POLITICS IN WAKE COUNTY CTTliC VERYHEATED Republicans Have Just Closed a Very Vigorous and Successiul Week. ' ' . . BOTH SIDES MAKING STRENUOUS EFFORTS Crowd Leaves Democratic Speaking at Falls of the Neuse Annoying Compli- cations as to Preliminary Arrange ments. ' ' Raleigh, X. C, Oct. 26. Republican campaign workers for Wake county are, putting in a gratifyingly successful ana especially vieorous final week for the local campaign, which is the most notable 'and strenuous in years. They declare that they will certainly carry the county, too. An especially ; auspicious turn jn the campaign w as I that on Saturday night w hen the Dem ocratic campaigneds were billed for Falls of the Xeuse and the Republican pcak-, i ere for Xeuse station, four miles distant, i A big crowd gathered at. Kails of the : Xeuse, where the Democrats were to speak, waited until the speakers arrived and then the crowd, band and nil, board led wagons and other vehicles ami drove across the country to the Republican speaking, leaving the Democratic speak ers with piactically nobody to hear them i While the Republicans had a big crowd, :one hundred and fifty or more, i The Republican candidate spoke to a big and enthusiastic crowd at Pilot Mills : tonight. They go to Knightsdale tomor row night, speaking at Milbnrnie Tues day noon. Some of the other appoint i incuts for the week are Holly Springs, Wednesday-noon; Morrisville. Thursday 'iiig'it; fan', Friday night, ami Carleigh Mills, Raleigh, Saturday night.--' " There are complications in Wake, in volving the preliminary arrangements 1 for the election bv the count V board of .elections. The Republican member of th board lias never been able to get from the Democratic, -.majority of the board any order as to tho official sizo of tll county ballot to bo used, and the Republicans are forced to proceed with the preparation of their tickets without any. official instructions as to tho size. There lias also been very annoying pro crastination about filling Republican vacancies in the pollholders caused by some appointees finding it impossible to serve. Inability to get the two Demo cratic members of the board, necessary i for a quorum, together for the purpose with the Kcpublicnn member, is the dif ficulty in this situation. Republican managers fear that thu Democratic plan is to force in service at tho, last minute incompetent Republicans, unable to look after the Republican interests in the election. Republican nominee for Congress, Wil lis G, flriggs, bus made thirty speeches in the district and visited every county and expresses gratification at the condi tions in most of the counties. He says he found in at least three of them many voters not in the habit of going to the poles for the past ten years, who will come out this year and vote the Re publican ticket, not bavin" dona so be- fore, as they express it, "because they j thought thero was no use." : Altogether Mr. Hriggs regards tho ! prospect excellent to win the election. ; He will spend this week in Franklin, Nash and Johnston counties. He Bpnke at Centerville and Dickens, in Franklin, , today ; will be in Xash with the county candidates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; on Friday in Johnston eonn- ; ty at Four Oaks and Peacock's Cross Roads, and he will close the campaign in Johnston at Selma, with the county candidates. REPUBLICAN'S PLEASED WITH BUNCOMBE OUTLOOK Asheville, X. C, Oct. 20. The Republi cans will bring their- canvass of Bun combe county to a close Thursday. The candidates have spoken in nearly all of the voting precincts and express them selves as well satisfied with political conditions. They say that here is going (Continued on Page Two.) T TO VOTE FDR TAFT SIX THOUSAND MILES TRAVELED BY CALIFORNIA MAN TO CAST HIS BALLOT. New York, Oct. 21 , Six thousand ! miles of travel and the loss of ten days (of valuable time is the price H. E. 1 Huntington, a business man of Los Ange I les will pay for the privilege of voting for Taft. - ' . - Mr. Huntington left Los Angeles last week for Oneonta, N. Y;, which he reached just in time to register. The necessity for prosperity is the i reason given by Mr. Huntington for making the long trip. ,"i -The fear of Bryan,'- he 'said, should make every business man in the country take pains to cast Ids ballot for Taft. Winner arid Leaders in the Vanderbilt Cup Race " fit Amy f,lv- :- e ,fi GEORGE ROBERTSON, In Locomobile, Winner of Race, TO PRESIDENT IF Declares He Has Shifted From at Least Apparent Friendship to ' Bluer AntaguirtsnV SAYS ROOSEVELT IS ANGRY Washington, D C, Oct. 28. Replying to President Roosevdt's letter to Sen ator Knov in reference to the applica tion of the writ of injunction in labor disputes, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation Of Labor, irt a statement issued today, vigorously arraigns the President for what he terms "a change of position of at least ap parent friendship to bitter indefensible antagonism.' "It has been my pleasure," Mr. Gom pers says, " to have often had the priv ilege of'discussing with President Roose velt a number of the fundamental ques tion of right, justice, and moral and social uplift. Included in these discus sions were' the inva-ions of personal rights and human liberty by the courts in the injunction abuse. It is true that the President has not always fully agreed with my contentions, but he has never until the publication of his latest utterance, hinted, much less charged, that anything which I advocated was lawless, unfeeling, despotic, brutal, or wicked; and yet the rights for which the workers of our country contend and which, as best I can, 1 defend and ad vocate, have been as well . known to him during the past several years as they nre when be now so unjustifiedly' undertakes to misrepresent my work, my motives, and my law-abiding citi zenship. Surely, that opinion was not always entertained by the President. Mr. Gompers ays that last February he sent Mr. Roosevelt an issue of the American Federationist in which ; was published the chapter, "Some Equivocal Right of ljibor," from George A. Alger's book, "Moral Overstrain." "The chapter of the book," Mr. Gom pers says, "is as ke-n criticism of the courts of the country in their decisions afTeuiing the rights," interests, and lib erty of the workers as anything I have ever said or written." The President in acknowledging re ceipt of the article sent the following:. The White House, Washington, Jan. 27, 1908. My Dear Mr. (iompers: You may be amused to know that I r have sent copies of the "Moral Over ' strain" to Justices D.iy and Mc- . Kenua. I am glad that you were able to use it in the American Fed erationist and thank "you for send ing ine the copy of the magazine. Sincerely yours, 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT. To Mr. Samuel Gompers, President, American Federation of Labor. Washington, D. IV "The foe1', of the matter," Mr. Gompers declares, "is that President. Roosevelt, having made Injunction Judge Taft the candidate of the Republican party for 1 'resident, and seeing that the 'labo.t vote,' is now aroused, and determined to deliver its own vote; that the toilers will not be cajoled, deceived or brow beaten, has become desperate and angry,' and in his anger, by the worst exhibi tion of demagogism, tries to instill into the employers and business men the fear that their property and business are in ? (Continued on Page Three.) WILLIE HAUPT, IN HERBERT LYTLE, IN ARCHROLD ENTERS HIS REPLY TO THE LETTERS READ BY W. fl. HEARST Standard Oil Man Says Neither Judge Appointed Knew of His Letters in Their Behalf. ARE GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS I ;ew iorK, uct. zu. .lonn u. Arcnooia, of the Standard Oil Company, made the following statement this afternoon re garding the letters read by William R. Hearst at the Carnegie hall meeting on Saturday night: "I am very sure that until Hearst read the letters, neither Judge Morrison nor Judge Henderson had any knowledge of my having written Governor Stone in their behalf. . Judge Henderson was not appointed by Governor Stone to the Supreme Lourt, but was three years later appointed by Governor I'ennypack er to a Superior Court judgeship. , If. however, any feeble word of mine could nave influenced in the slightest degree tho selection of those gentlemen for their respective positions, I would be very proud of it. Their state has had no better servants than they, and I cer tainly have never asked of them any favor of any kind, either for myself or for the company with which I am con nected. "iUy letters to General Elkins refer ring to an accompanying draft, related entirely to the llepuMicnn state com mittee, then engaged in the campaign preliminary to renomination of Mr, .Me-' Kinley, a subject on which I think Hearst would bo a little sensitive, for was it. not the election and tragic death of Mr. .UcKinley that came near costing Hearst his precious neck? '"The statement regarding ' Judge Haight. is in connection with an old libel that has been explained and ex ploded so many times that it would be i a simple weariness to the public to go over it again. ; "Tim intimation by '-.Hearst- that be has had any communication from me or from an, of my associates in connection with the stolen letters is a lie. "The only favor which I would ask. ! or hope ever to usk, of Hearst is that he return to me the letters handed linn hy bis larcenous 'gent It man friend,' . which were written from Japan ivlniing ..to the fatal illness of my daughter in that country. " STEAMSHIP ARRIVES WITH ALL ON BOARD SICK Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 20. The British steamer HollingRWorth arrived here Si day from Dakar, Africa, with her cap tain and most of the crew ill with malarial-fever. The vessel left the African nort about n month ago and a few days later almost the entire crew was strick en with the fever. One death occurred a week later and another today after the ves-el had lieen sent to the quaran tine station. The few inemliers of the crew which brought the ship into port were those who had recovered from the fiver. v According to the crew the water taken from the river at Dakar is the cause of their illness. This is the second vessel to arrive here from Africa within the past two weeks whoo crew has been attacked by fever.. Maj. C. M. Rtednmn went to Raleigh yMV-rdnv," where he has a number of cases befort the Supreme Court. CHADWICK, ABOVE. AN ISOTTA, BELOW. NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGETOWN PLAY EACH OTHER JST(ND5TILL Score Is 6 to 6 Both Sides Mak ing a Touchdown in the . First Half THOMAS THE TAR HEEL STAR Washington, D. C, Oct, 2fi. The elev ens of Georgetown and North Carolina battled to a tic in a well contested game on the Georgetown gridiron today. Both teams scored a touchdown in the .first Iwilf. In the second period of play the pig skin W0S in the territory of the. Tar Hoels during the greater part of ; the time, but neither team was able to cross the goal line. ' Thomas, of North Caro lina, attracted attention for his punting and good line bucking, while Shea was the star player on the Oeorgetown team. The line-up: Georgetown: Miller (captain), right end; Munhall, right tackle; ConilT, Wy mert , right guard ; Eager, center; Daly, left guard; O'Rourke, left, tackle; Low- ncv, left end; Sitterding,. Stuart, quarter back; Shea, right halfback; Moher, Pal len, left halfback; Fitzgerald, full back. North Carolina: Lester, Manning, rigbt'end; Norwood, right tackle; How ell.. Greer, right guard; Downe, center; Rodgers, left guard; Garrett, left, tackle; Wiggin, left end; Tillett. quarter back; Thomas (enptain). right halfback: Wil liams, Ratlin, left halfback; Kclden, Kcl ley. full back. Touchdowns, Fitzgerald and Thomas. Goals from touchdowns, Sitterding and Thomas. Referee, Isenian. I'mpire, Ciivens, Head linesman, Gloth. Time of halves, 2.) minutes. BLAME OEMOGRATTC ER10R FOR DEFEAT FAILURE OF ALABAMA MINERS' STRIKE ATTRIBUTED TO CHIEF : EXECUTIVE OF THAT STATE. New York, Oct, 2ti. The failure of i ! the recent strike in the. -mines of-Ala-' ; baina it Attributed by the Mine Work icrs' Journal to interference oil the part I of the Democratic governor of that state, The strikers, who were lighting 'for improved living accommodations 'and better pay, were thrown out of the houses they occupied by Mie owners, tne mine operators. John P. White, of Iowa, who was in charge of the strike, provided ,',ents for t'hem and their families. They were living in comparative comfort when the governor ordered the tents torn down. Despite the protests and pleadings of White, the governor saw to it that his order was executed. The miners could not hold out any longer and gave up .the fight. Alabama is solidly Democratic in its state gov ernment and its representation in Congress. ONLY BY BEING BEAT DOES BRYAN AID PROSPERITY This His Sole Work In That Direc tion. Declares Talt in Connecticut. HOPES THAT SAME METHOD WILL CONTINUE Republican Candidate Begins His Tour of the Nutmeg State by a Stinging Ar raignment of His Rival for the Presi dencyAddresses Big Crowds New York, Oct. 2G. Devoting the day to a. trip into Connecticut and the even ing to speech-making in Brooklyn, Wil liam II. Tali's first day of active cam paigning on his present visit to this sec tion was prosecuted by him with both vigor and earnestness. While the day, despite its call for a speech of some length at New Haven, and a shorter one at 'Port' Chester on the return trip to Now Yorw, was one of comparative ease for tho Republican candidate, the calls that were made upon him in Brooklyn tonight were such as to keeji him actively occupied eevry moment . When the candidate entered that .'portion of Greater New York late (his afternoon hn; found himself fairly overwhelmed with engagements. Before the night, was over he had made five speeches, eaten dinner with a hun dred prominent Republicans,-as. the guest of Republican State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff, reviewed a parade which, irt spite of somewhat adverso weather conditions, was impressive in its size and inspiring in ts enthtisasm, and then attended a meetng at the Union League Cluli. A delude which broke lose at, the t i Mr. Tuft was entering Xew York's trans-ponlinr;- section threatened for a' time j seriously to interfere with tin- evening's program there. It had been planned to make the parade one of the big features of the Taft demonstration and the own pour continued for some time. The rain fall ceased, however, before the parade was scheduled, to start and the comfort of the iiiim-hing thousands or of the re viewing party was not interlerred with Land the, .function. wn successfully' car ried out. .Similarly successful and en (Contlnued on Page Two.) TS OUT IN FORCE TO HEAURlflS SPEAK A Remarkable Outpouring of the Faithful at Madison Square Garden Meeting. MARKED BY ENTHUSIASM Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Oct. 2fi. New York's Democracy turned its steps to ward Madison Square Garden tonight to make its welcome to the j Democratic candidate',' William Jennings j Bryan. Honrs before the doors of tho i big auditorium swung open, a crowd of ' several hundred persons awaited patient j ly for admission. The rain did not dampen the spirits of the gathering ! throng, which made n eager rush for seats when the doors were flung open. ( The immense auditorium wns quickly (filled and at eight o'clock every scat j (Continued on Page Two.) BERMUDA PLANS 016 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AMONG THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TO BE INVITED. Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 2f'.-- . com mittee of leading citizens have been elected for celebrating the centenary of l'einiiida. The proposed program, which will ocupy six days, commences April 12 next. Among the distinguished guests it is proposed to invite ure the Prince of Wales, President Roosevelt, Karl Grey, the governor-general of Canada: Ad miral Sir John Fisher;- Lieut-Gen. Sir Henry Geary, of the British army; Claude A. Swanson, the governor of Virginia, who is a descendant of Sir George Homers, enrly governor of Jamai-' ca; the commissioner of Turks Island, Samuel L-. Clemmens (Mark Twain), James Gordon Bennett, H. H. Rogers and H. St. Georoe Tucker. ' Dr. J. H. Pratt, state geologist, here yesterday, from his horns in Eal sigh. ' - mm
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